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Days before Christmas in Edwardian-era Toronto, Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) is called to investigate a daring train robbery. When witnesses insist the culprit exhibited superhuman abilities, Constable Crabtree (Jonny Harris, Still Standing) realizes the robber bears a striking resemblance to the title character of his new graphic novel, Jumping Jack. As more robberies targeting gifts from Eaton's luxury department occur around Toronto,...
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 14
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At a public presentation, Murdoch declares he has perfected James Pendrick's youth potion and displays a totally transformed Brackenreid as proof. But Crabtree, growing suspicious of Murdoch's claims and strange behavior, sets out to uncover what really happened to Pendrick.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 3
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After disgraced former police inspector Percival Giles escapes from prison, Murdoch races to intercept him before a mercenary detective can get there first. At the jail, Murdoch learns that another inmate claims the inspector planted evidence long ago that convicted him of murdering his girlfriend. In the aftermath of her abduction, Effie is having trouble coping and turns to Ogden for help.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 6
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When a young woman is found dead in a creek, Murdoch must investigate a man from Dr. Ogden's past. Their fledgling relationship is threatened by differences of opinion regarding abortion, and Murdoch nearly loses his objectivity while tracking those responsible for the victim's death.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 13
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When a suspect from Murdoch's past pulls a deadly con, he orchestrates an elaborate sting so she won't get away with murder again.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 8
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A young student dies in an opium den, but the cause of death is not immediately obvious. Murdoch probes the dead man's fellow members of the Earth and Dragon Society, a group of students interested in Chinese philosophy, led by an eccentric professor.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 8
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The manager of the ladies wear section at Eaton Co. is found dead at the bottom of an elevator shaft. As Murdoch investigates the employees and their motives, it becomes clear that a master manipulator is at work.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 18
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As bodies pile up in the morgue, the victims killed in different ways but most missing the same macabre trophy, it appears that a sequential killer is on the loose in Toronto. While Murdoch hunts for the culprit, Crabtree deals with a perilous situation of his own.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 3
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After celebrating a big win, boxer Amos Robinson goes down for the count, courtesy of a gunshot to the chest. A witness finds Robinson's wife, Fannie, standing over the body but Murdoch aims to prove her innocence.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 22
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Crabtree is shocked when Amelia Ernst, one of the deranged sisters who abducted him and tortured Effie, voluntarily turns herself in. Effie intends to make her face the full force of justice but is hobbled by a clever lawyer. Murdoch takes leave to spend time with his new baby daughter, Susannah, while Margaret Brackenreid pursues her fugitive son, Bobby.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 10
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When the lead singer of a travelling ragtime group turns up dead, Detective Murdoch looks to the group's complicated past for answers.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 7
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During renovations of the police station, workmen dig up a body buried in the building's cement. When the dead man is identified as a constable who disappeared in 1881, the tables are turned as the cops become the suspects.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 3
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When an Egyptian sarcophagus is opened at a museum exhibit, a hidden cobra delivers a fatal bite to one of the expedition's archaeologists. Further strange incidents incite rumors of a mummy's curse-and bolster sales of Crabtree's Egyptian-themed adventure novel.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 8
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When the team are called to a murder at Newsomimico, the lakeside estate of Rupert Newsome, they're stunned to learn he has created a sovereign nation. Sporting a crown and calling himself king, he's distraught over the death of his friend, aristocrat Dickie Fetherstonhaugh. Julia is impressed by the bizarre undertaking, but Crabtree is unsettled at meeting Effie's former husband.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 2
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To save his former lover and their son, Murdoch makes a risky deal with a Black Hand henchman. Crabtree orchestrates an elaborate ruse to protect himself and Effie from the forced marriage plans of Dorothy and her sister, Amelia. Ogden is pressured to perform a risky surgery on a hospital benefactor, and Brackenreid must resign himself to the fact that his youngest son has now killed two men.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 4
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Murdoch finds his investigation into a nanny's disappearance assisted by the man who considers himself the real Sherlock Holmes.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 24
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After finding a bomb at their home, Murdoch secures Ogden and baby Susannah at a seedy hotel with a panic button while he pursues the threat. Meanwhile, Crabtree is hunting the otherworldly beings who seem to have abducted Effie's maid of honor, to the glee of his future father-in-law and disdain of his mother-in-law to be. Both Brackenreid and Hart are being blackmailed by her nefarious father.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 15
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A young woman walks into an apartment building and, seconds later, an explosion kills her. Could she be the victim of a bomb attack or the perpetrator? The case becomes even more intriguing when Watts identifies her as one of the missing women he's been investigating.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 4
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After the electrocuted body of a man is found near the university, Murdoch and Brackenreid investigate researchers Arthur and Laura Kingston. Snidely referred to as "The Frankensteins" for their bizarre psychological studies, they deny any wrongdoing. Meanwhile, Julia is unsettled by her needy neighbor Goldie Huckabee, and Crabtree is suspicious of Dorothy, Effie's new secretary.
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